My Wish For a Newly Tiled Floor
posted on 30 April 2011 | posted in
Home and Garden
I have lived in my present home for more than ten years. In that time, I've spent probably 90% of my efforts working on the garden, rather than the interior of the home. The garden has had a gazebo erected, flowerbeds planted, and an immaculate lawn that's been manicured and looked after very carefully. But in my house? Even when I moved in, I realized that the vinyl flooring in the kitchen and small family room needed to be replaced, but my budget would not allow it. In the meantime, I did manage to scrape up the money to install carpeting in the rest of the house. The living room, the dining room, and the three bedrooms all received new wall to wall carpeting. Over the years, however, I have never had the money to replace the vinyl flooring in the kitchen and family room. To make matters worse, my family has several cats and a couple of dogs and I must admit that housebreaking accidents have been a fairly common experience. Therefore, the previously fresh, new wall to wall carpet has gotten dingier and worn out. I have come to realize that wall to wall carpeting and my menagerie do not make a good match. Furthermore, wall to wall carpeting has gone out of fashion. I recently had a little extra money and I decided it might be time to have new flooring installed. I had been drooling over the beautiful flooring that I see on home improvement shows on television. I came to the conclusion that a tile floor would be more practical than a hardwood floor in my home so I lined up tile contractors to come in and provide estimates. To my dismay, I learned that the money that I had saved would not be enough to pay for both the tile and the installation. So my dreams of having new tile floors throughout my home were sadly dashed. I am still hoping, however, that one day in the not too distant future, I will be able to replace my worn out carpeting with new tile flooring throughout my home.
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